2023 Calgary Underground Film Festival: The Wrath of Becky (2023)
I just discovered Becky, a movie that shocked me with its depth and ferocity. I had no clue how you could make a sequel to that film, but after watching this, I feel satisfied. Filmmakers Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote were approached to write and direct this sequel by producer J.D. Lifshitz with only three weeks […]
SALEM HORROR FEST: Stag (2022)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This movie was watched as part of Salem Horror Fest. You can still get a weekend pass for weekend two. Single tickets are also available. Here’s the program of what’s playing. Directed and written by Alexandra Spieth, Stag is about Jenny (Mary Glen Fredrick) and her attempts to reconnect with her former best friend Mandy […]
2023 Calgary Underground Film Festival: Bad City (2022)
Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a mass murder at a bathhouse occurs and yet local businessman Wataru Gojo (Lily Franky) is acquitted, the cops realize that traditional methods no longer apply. Three members of the Violent Crimes Unit join a disgraced former police captain in jail for murder named Torada (Hitoshi Ozawa), […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Darkness Surrounds Roberta (2008)
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. This Italian/German/American — yes, I am cheating on the American Giallo theme — giallo comes from some of the same people who made 5 Dead On A Crimson Canvas. Shot in Florence, Italy, it concentrates on Roberta Parenti (Yassmin […]
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama Primer: Maniac Cop (1988)
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on April 28 and 29, 2022. The features for Friday, April 28 are Silent Night, Deadly Night; Chopping Mall; Slumber Party Massacre 2 and Sorority House Massacre. Saturday, April 29 has Maniac, Maniac Cop, The Toolbox Murders and Silent Madness. Admission is still only $15 per person […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Jade (1995)
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. Jade was not destined to succeed. David Caruso had left NYPD Blue after the second season of the show because he wanted a film career. Critics and the media were ready to attack him for that hubris, especially after his […]
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama Primer: Maniac (1980)
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on April 28 and 29, 2022. The features for Friday, April 28 are Silent Night, Deadly Night; Chopping Mall; Slumber Party Massacre 2 and Sorority House Massacre. Saturday, April 29 has Maniac, Maniac Cop, The Toolbox Murders and Silent Madness. Admission is still only $15 per person […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Color of Night (1994)
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. “Erotic mystery thriller.” That’s 1994 for giallo. Dr. Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is color blind after an unstable patient named Michelle (Kathleen Wilhoite) jumps from his window and explodes on the street below, her bright green dress covered […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Blow Out (1981)
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. Neo-noir. Hitchcock influenced. Mystery thriller. Or just call it a giallo. Blow Out is even based on an Italian film — Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup — but switches photography for audio recording and trades future giallo star David Hemmings […]
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